A person afflicted with mania. Mania is an abnormally elated mental state,characterized by feeling of euphoria, lack of inhibitions, racing thoughts, anddiminished need for sleep, talkativeness, risk taking, and irritability. If theseperiods of distraught happen for at least one week it is called a ‘Manic Episode’which is characterized by an elevated mood and then followed by a notablyirritable mood. In the most severe cases one would have difficulty or impairmentin occupational, social, educational or other important functioning. The only wayto come down from this state is medications and seeking professional psychiatrichelp.

In this series you are witnessing the subject coming down from a ‘Manic Episode’in the second week. Plagued by sleep deprivation, over excitement, and sporadicbehavior you can see confusion and exhaustion setting in. The subject is lefthome alone while on medications to subdue and stabilize the episode. Nothaving the ability to explain ‘why’ but possessing the physical ability to expressinternal torment, the subject moves about the space feeling separated fromone’s self. There is a sense of both loneliness and agitation as the subject fightsto submit to the environment. As a viewer you are invited to observe this ‘manicepisode’ and feel excessive involvement, which is a symptom of this moodconflict, as well as racing thoughts, Attention to unimportant and irrelevant items,and inflated self-esteem.

*Hoping to bring awareness on bipolar disorders which effect 5.4 million adults in the USA.